GAULSKILL, a parish, in the barony of IDA, county of KILKENNY. and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (N. by W.) from Waterford city, on the road to Thomastown ; containing 322 inhabitants.

It is also called Kiltokegan and Kilskegan, and comprises 1325 acres, including a lake of 100 acres. The ancient castle appears, from a monument in the church, to have formerly belonged to the De Burgo family.

It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Dunkitt the tithes amount to £75; near the church is a small glebe. The church was built in 1792, by aid of a gift of £500 from the late Board of First Fruits, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £170 for its repair.

In the Roman Catholic divisions it is part of the union or district of Kilmacow.

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